Evidence

- Young people: Social entrepreneurship programmes work with hundreds of organisations and touch the lives of more than 25,000 young people each year; creating a new generation of active, responsible individuals

- Jobs: Social entrepreneurs create on average 3 jobs each, whilst two thirds set up new organisations that both survive and thrive

- Skills: Over 14,000 excluded people have been returned to education & employment by one social entrepreneurship agency alone; nearly 90% of new social entrepreneurs experience an increase in their confidence + leadership skills

- Places: Shared spaces for social entrepreneurs save the third sector several million pounds annually; millions of pounds worth of community assets have been created by social entrepreneurs across the UK

- Diversity + cohesion: Social entrepreneurs create new support networks and build relationships in communities; a higher proportion of social entrepreneurs come from minority ethnic groups, and also work in the most deprived communities

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- Young People: Changemakers works with 250+ organisations; UnLtd has supported over 3500 young people to achieve their goals; the ripple effect of their work and other social entrepreneurship agencies touches the lives of an estimated 25,000+
- Jobs: SSE Fellows create, on average, 3 jobs + 7 volunteering positions each; 63% of UnLtd Awards result in new orgs being formed; Training for Life has created over 150 jobs + c.300 apprenticeships in social enterprise businesses like the Hoxton Apprentice restaurant
- Skills: Training for Life have supported more than 14,000 people back into education and employment alone; 88% of SSE Fellows and 85% of UnLtd Award Winners report an increase in their confidence + leadership skills
- Places: CAN Mezzanine alone saves the third sector over £2.2 million annually; Training for Life has created capital assets that has a book value of approximately £5m. The market value is nearly double this amount.
- Diversity + cohesion: Over half of UnLtd Awards enable the creation of new support networks + relationships in communities, whilst over half of SSE Fellows gain 10 or more practically useful contacts; 33% of SSE Fellows and UnLtd Award Winners are from minority ethnic groups; 40% of UnLtd Awards are in the 20% most deprived communities